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IRONING AND POLISHING MACHINE.

No. 866,092. Patented July 5, 18.87.

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A. T. HAGEN. IRONING AND POLISHING MACHINE.

No. 366,092 Patented July 5, 1887.

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IRONING AND. POLISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.366,092, dated July 5, 1887.

Application filed September 24, 1886. Serial No. 214,407. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. HAG-EN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ironing and Polishing Machines, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

Upon September 22, 1885, there was issued to me a patent for an improved ironing-machine, No. 826,556, and my present invention 1s an improvement upon said machine.

In the machine patented the covered roller D is connected with the polishingroller O in such a manner that the former always rotates in the same direeti0nthat is to say, in a direction contrary to that in which said polishing-roller rotates; and my improvement, hereinafter set forth, relates to providing means by which said roller D may be turned in either direction, whilethe polishing-roller turns in only one direction, as before.

Thisimproved machine is designed more particularly for ironing and polishing shirt-bosoms, which, in the process of polishing, are passed backward and forward through between the rollers sidewise as many times as are necessary to produce the required polish, the reversing of the direction of motion of the covered carrying-roller D being for the purpose of moving the shirt thus backward and forward. The friction of the polishing-roller 0 upon the fabric of the article being ironed is slight compared with the friction of the covered roller D thereon, on account of which the latter roller controls the movements of the article being polished.

This improved machine is fully described hereinbelow, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved ironing and polishing machine, (seen in the direction in which Fig. 2 in said Letters Patent is seen,) parts not essential to the figure being omitted 5 Fig.2, a view drawn to alarger scale of the cam-wheel with connected parts, (seen in the direction indicated by arrow w in Fig. 1,) the frame being vertically sectioned,

drawn to show in part the manner of stopping the motion of said wheel; Fig. 3, an end elethe reversing of the motion of said roll, apart.

of the frame being shown in dotted lines, )arts shown in two positions by full and dotted lines; Fig. 5, a view of some of the upper parts I of the machine, (seen in the opposite direction from'that in which Fig. 3 is seen, or as indicated by arrowz in Fig. 1,) parts being broken away to more clearly show other parts; Fig. 6, a plan of the upper parts of the machine, (seen as indicated by arrow 00 in Fig. 1,) parts of the rolls being broken away; Fig. 7, a plan of the treadles and treadleshaft, the frame and treadle-rods being horizontally sectioned, as on the dotted line 2 in Fig. 3;Fig. 8, an elevation of one side of the frame, with parts omitted, the frame being transversely vertically sectioned, as on the dotted line in Fig. 1, the figure being drawn to a smaller scale, and seen as indicated by arrow at, to better show the relation between the treadle mechanism and the cam-wheel, the latter being shown in two positions by dotted lines, other parts being shown in two positions by dotted and full lines; and Fig. 9, a plan of the canrwheel and arm supporting it, with other combined parts, the frame being horizontally sectioned, as upon the dotted line 1 in Fig. 8, and viewed as indicated by the arrow pointed thereon.

Referring to the parts, Ais the frame of the machine; bl), standards thereof, b, aerosstie for the standards; B, the main shaft, and d d bearings therefor; E, a second shaft; 0 and D, rollers; and. g, pulleys, and f and f toothed wheels ofthe drivingmechanism; r,the treadleshaft, F the treadle, andt' the trcadlerod of the treadle mechanism, and a the actuatinglever for the roll D, all corresponding to similar parts shown and described in the Letters Patent above mentioned.

I is a shaft I add to the machine for the purpose hereinafter fully stated, it being substantially parallel with the shaft 13, and resting at one end in an arm or bearing, K, projecting from the standard I) of the-frame, and at the other end having a bearing in a lever or holder,

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h, pivoted to an arm, N, standard 6 of the frame.

1) is a gear rigid with the shaft I, and t a companion pinion made rigid with the shaft B, by means of which the shaft I is positively ro tated when said shaft B turns.

a is another gear made rigid with the shaft Lwhich engages the gear it, made to turn loose .on the shaft B, in place of the rigid pinion 7c shown in said patent, which gear-7c of my present invention engages the gear Z, rigid upon the shaft E, as in my previous patent. From this construction it will be understood that the shaft E,with its roller D, is not driven directly from the shaft B, as in my first machine, but indirectly through the medium of the shaft 1 and loose gear k. I Y

In addition to the end of the shaft I, the holder h carries also an idle-gear, c, Fig. 4, equal to and engaging the gear a, and so held that when said holder is turned upon its pivot u said gear 0 will be brought to engage the loose gear k,while the gear a will be withdrawn from said gear 70, on account of which the direction of motion of the roller D will be reversed. The shaft B, with its roller 0, turns always in the same direction; but the direction of rotation of the roller D depends upon which gear, a or c, is acting upon the gear k.

,H is an arm. pivoted at e to the frame in a manner to move in a vertical plane, at the free end of which said arm carries a toothed carnwheel, G, in position to engage a pinion, 0, rigid with the shaft 13. This cam-wheel is comparatively large in diameterand formed with a cam race or groove, .9, upon one of its sides, and thelever or holder his formed at itslower end with a part, at, extending into said camrace. The cam-race s is given such shape as to cause said lever to rock in a way to cause the gears a and etc alternately engage and turn the gear k, as stated, the cam-race being projecting from the further proportioned so as to cause said gears to turnthe gear 7t and the roller D in contrary directions during equal periods of time.

The treadle-shaft r is provided with a sleeve, 12, provided with a treadle, L, and an arm, a, from which arm a rod, 0, reaches upward .to

the arm H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. By

this means the cam-wheel G may be raised or lowered to engage or clear the pinion 0, as the case may be. When the cam-wheel is rotated and controls the action of the lever h, the gears a and c are alternately acting upon the gear is, causing the direction of rotation of the roller D to be alternated, as stated; but when said cam-wheel is allowed to drop away from the gear 0 and stops rotating, the roller D turns in only one direction. Upon the side opposite the cam-race the wheel Gris formed with a concentric circular projection, h, which as said wheel rotates rolls upon a rest or support, 6', secured rigidly to the frame, said rest being provided with an anti-friction roller, 2', which may be of some yielding material, as leather or india-rubber, to render its action upon the gear less harsh. The part it is formed with aperipheral notch, 0', which, when itarrives at the roller i, allows the wheel to drop away from the gear 0 and cease rotating. Besides, said notch and rest e serve to hold the wheel from being turned one way or the other from the jarring of the machine or other undesigned causes. While the unbroken portion of the periphery of the part h is passing the roller, the canrwheel is held against the wheel 0, and does not fall away therefrom necessarily as soon as the'treadle L is released by the foot of the operator. XVhen said treadle is pressed, while the cam-wheel is at rest, the latter is raised off the rest 6, against the gear 0, and commences to turn, the part h riding upon the roll t, as stated, and the camwheel then continues to rotate regardless of the treadle until it has made one complete revolution, bringing the notch 0 again back to the rest. The cam-race s and notch 0 are relatively so formed upon the gear G that when said gear is stopped the part a of the lever It will be about at the middle of the concentric part or dwell of the cam having the longer radius. This, however, is not essential to the successful operation. of the machine, but convenient. The treadle-rod 0 passes through a lateral projection, of the frame, above and beneath which projection is an adjustable collar, Z, secured to the rod, which serve to form stops for the vertical motion of said rod, the lower collar acting to prevent the unduly crowding together of the cam-wheel and gear 0 from an excessive weight upon the treadle L, while the upper collar acts with the rest 6 to support the weight of the cam-wheel, arm H, treadle-rod, 850'. From the form and proportions of the cam-race the roller D is caused to turn throughv a certain distance in one direction and back through the same distance while the cam-wheel is making one complete revolution; or, in other words, when the camwheel is raised by thetreadle and then left to itself the shirt-front will be carried past the polishing-roller twice before said cam-wheel stops, the polishingroller stopping at the point upon the bosom at which it started. The treadle-rod c is connected with the arm H by passing upward through a lateral projection, n, of said arm, said rod being threaded with one or more screw-nuts, p, thereon for adjusting the length of said rod. The shaft I at its ends rests primarily in cylindrical pieces or sleeves r, held within respective parts, K and h, upon the points of opposing pivot-screws 8', there being spaces 17 between the outside of said sleeves and said parts K and h, respect ively, to admit of the lateral motion of the shaft given it by said reciprocating arm h.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with the driving-shaft of an ironing-machine provided with a polish-- ing-roller, a tight gear, t, and a loose gear, is, a second rotatory shaft provided with a covered roller and a tight gear, the latter co-op-* crating with said loose gear 70, a. third rotatory shaft, I, provided with a tight gear, held to too IEO

cooperate with said tight gear t of the driv' ingshaft, and a second tight gear, a, held to co-operate with said loose gear k, and a reciprocating holder for one end of said shaft I, provided with an idle-gear, c, to turn said gear is alternately with said gear a, with means, substantially as shown and described, to reciprocate said holder.

2. In an ironingmachine, a shaft, B, provided with fixed gears t and 0, and loose gear 70, in combination with a shaft, I, provided with gears 12 and a, a reciprocating holder for said shaft I, a gear, 0, held by said holder, a cam-wheel to operate said holder, and a shaft, E, with gear Z, with means, substantially as shown, to turn said shaft B, as specified.

3. In combination, in an ironing-machine, a cam-wheel with notched disk or part h, rest (2, holder for said camwheel, treadle-gearing,

circular part, a rest upon which said notched x part bears, a treadle-rod provided with stops joined to said movable arm, and a treadle, sub stantially as shown and described.

ARTHUR T. HAGEN.

Witnesses:

E. B. WHITMORE, H. B, KNIGHT. 

